Offer file sort options via 'Edit > Preferences'.

[uniquename999]

FEATURE REQUEST:

PLEASE OFFER FILE SORT OPTIONS --- via 'Edit > Preferences' in Caja.

Explanation:

Nautilus (and Caja) perform strange-filename-sorts --- quite unlike the
output from 'ls' when SPECIAL CHARACTERS and (different-length) NUMBERS
ARE IN FILENAMES.

Nautilus (and no doubt Caja) ignores special characters when sorting files.

In many cases, in 'ListView' mode, this can make it hard to make a file
appear where you want it in a directory listing. You can Google
'nautilus sort order' to see many examples of user frustration.
Some example 'hits':

• TITLE: [gnome] Nautilus: Completely Strange Sort Order
  at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1685444

• TITLE: How do I force folder view sort order to not ignore special characters?
  at http://askubuntu.com/questions/115741/how-do-i-force-folder-view-sort-order-to-not-ignore-special-characters

• TITLE: Changing The Sort Order In Nautilus
  at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/changing-the-sort-order-in-nautilus-862231/

• TITLE: How Do I Change Nautilus Sort Order?
  at http://forums.opensuse.org/archives/sls-archives/archives-suse-linux/archives-desktop-environments/384605-how-do-i-change-nautilus-sort-order.html

  There is an easy way to make the sorts a little more 'as expected', via
  inserting a little '.gnomerc' config file in your home directory structure,
  to change the filename sorts of Nautilus.

  Put the line
  export LC_COLLATE=C
  in the $HOME/.gnomerc file.

  However, Caja/Nautilus developers should give us some better sort options
  through the Nautilus/Caja 'Edit > Preferences' path.

  SOME SUGGESTED SORT OPTIONS (preliminary):
  1 sort like 'ls' (honoring request to keep directories together)
  2 sort without case-sensitivity
  3 sort ignoring special characters
  4 sort treating numbers numerically rather than as character strings
  5 sort according to both 3 and 4
  6 sort according to 2, 3, and 4

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[ge79so]

I find this annoying. Also, on Ubuntu Mate 14.04.4, "ls -l" seems to have the same bizarre sort order as Caja, regardless of whichever terminal is used.

An extract:

...
rag_screenshots.sla
ragtest_2015-11-01-1754.sql
ragtest.sql
rag_todo_categorised.odt

Dolphin, however, sorts files in the order I would expect:

...
rag_screenshots.sla
rag_todo_categorised.odt
ragtest.sql
ragtest_2015-11-01-1754.sql